Patents by Inventor Kazuhiro Doi

Kazuhiro Doi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12633188
    Abstract: A money handling method, which is performed by an information processing apparatus in a money handling system including a plurality of money handling apparatuses and the information processing apparatus, includes: determining a denomination and quantity of money to be moved between the respective money handling apparatuses; performing a simulation, based on the determined denomination and quantity of money, money handling processes to be performed for moving the money between the plurality of apparatuses; performing a determination, based on a result of the simulation, whether or not all the money can be moved between the respective apparatuses; and notifying a result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Tagashira, Kazuhiro Doi, Atsushi Yukawa, Ryuji Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20260131209
    Abstract: The disclosed systems and methods relate to improved customizable golf club heads. The golf club head can include a first body, a second body, and a fastener. The first body can include a striking face, a first top surface, a first bottom surface, a first heel, a first toe, a first rear wall opposite the striking face, and a hosel. The first body can further define at least one aperture. The second body can be removably attached to the first body. The second body can include a front face, a second top surface, a second bottom surface, a second heel, a second toe, and a second rear surface opposite the front face. The second body can define at least one second aperture. The fastener can extend through the at least one first aperture and into the at least one second aperture to attach the first and second bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2026
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Inventors: David Llewellyn, John Freeman, Kazuhiro Doi, Reiya Nishio
  • Patent number: 12521612
    Abstract: The disclosed systems and methods relate to improved customizable golf club heads. The golf club head can include a first body, a second body, and a fastener. The first body can include a striking face, a first top surface, a first bottom surface, a first heel, a first toe, a first rear wall opposite the striking face, and a hosel. The first body can further define at least one aperture. The second body can be removably attached to the first body. The second body can include a front face, a second top surface, a second bottom surface, a second heel, a second toe, and a second rear surface opposite the front face. The second body can define at least one second aperture. The fastener can extend through the at least one first aperture and into the at least one second aperture to attach the first and second bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: Mizuno Corporation
    Inventors: David Llewellyn, John Freeman, Kazuhiro Doi, Reiya Nishio
  • Publication number: 20260007935
    Abstract: A golf club includes: a shaft; an adapter having a shaft insertion portion and a fixation portion; a head having a hosel portion provided with a hosel hole and a through hole; and a retaining member detachably attached to the through hole. The fixation portion is smaller in a second direction than in a first direction, the first direction being orthogonal to the central axis of the shaft insertion portion, the second direction being orthogonal to the first direction. The retaining member is configured to extend from a hosel outer wall through the through hole in the second direction so as to press a cutaway portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2025
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Applicant: MIZUNO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro DOI, Kensuke MAENAKA, Keisuke YAMAZAKI, Yasuyuki OHTA, David LLEWELLYN
  • Publication number: 20260011204
    Abstract: A sheet processing method according to the present disclosure is a method that is performed by a sheet processing device that receives a deposit of a sheet, the method including: acquiring determination information in a case where a deposit of the sheet is received from an external storage device, the determination information being information about the storage device where the sheet to be received has been stored; and providing a curl notification that the sheet has a curl in a case where the determination information satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2025
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Inventors: Hiroshi Danjo, Kazuhiro Doi
  • Patent number: 12488649
    Abstract: A sheet handling apparatus comprises a transport path for transporting sheets, each sheet including individually assigned identification information; a storage that receives and stores the sheets; a feeder that feeds out the sheets stored in the storage to the transport path; and control circuitry configured to: store the identification information of the sheets in a memory; control the feeder to feed out, from the storage, one or more of the sheets in a case that necessity of checking an inventory amount of the sheets in the storage arises; control transport of the one or more sheets to the recognition circuitry and out of the discharge port; and determine an abnormality in the inventory amount of the sheets in the storage based on a comparison of the identification information of each of the one or more sheets with the identification information stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Chen, Kazuhiro Doi, Satoru Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20250345671
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes an iron golf club head comprising a main body defining a hollow, the main body including a toe, a heel, a face, a back face, a top, and a sole, and a weight disposed within the hollow, the weight including a weight front, weight back, weight top, weight bottom, weight first side, and a weight second side, wherein a perimeter of the weight is defined by the weight top, weight first side, weight bottom, and weight second side, wherein the weight is welded to the main body, and wherein the weight is disposed at an offset from the sole defining a first gap between the weight and the sole and at an offset from the face defining a second gap between the weight and the face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Publication date: November 13, 2025
    Inventors: David Llewellyn, Kazuhiro Doi, Kensuke Maenaka
  • Publication number: 20250308348
    Abstract: A cash handling apparatus includes a: communication unit that transmits/receives information to/from an external device; a cash handling unit that performs cash handling including a depositing process/a dispensing process; a control circuitry that controls the cash handling unit to perform the cash handling; and an acquiring unit that acquires coupon information of a coupon used in a transaction. When the control circuitry has received an instruction for performing cash handling for receiving cash equivalent to the transaction amount, the control circuitry causes the cash handling unit to perform cash handling based on a coupon amount included in the coupon information acquired by the acquiring unit, the transaction amount, and an amount of cash deposited to the cash handling unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2025
    Publication date: October 2, 2025
    Applicant: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Aya KANO, Kazuhiro DOI, Yang CHEN, Rikuo MINAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20250073547
    Abstract: The disclosed systems and methods relate to improved customizable golf club heads. The golf club head can include a first body, a second body, and a fastener. The first body can include a striking face, a first top surface, a first bottom surface, a first heel, a first toe, a first rear wall opposite the striking face, and a hosel. The first body can further define at least one aperture. The second body can be removably attached to the first body. The second body can include a front face, a second top surface, a second bottom surface, a second heel, a second toe, and a second rear surface opposite the front face. The second body can define at least one second aperture. The fastener can extend through the at least one first aperture and into the at least one second aperture to attach the first and second bodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: David Llewellyn, John Freeman, Kazuhiro Doi, Reiya Nishio
  • Publication number: 20240203190
    Abstract: A money handling apparatus is capable of appropriately performing reconciliation on a first storage unit regardless of a maximum storage amount of the first storage unit without leading to an increase in a size of the apparatus. The apparatus includes a first storage unit storing money and discharging the stored money, a transport unit transporting money, a recognition unit recognizing money, and a control unit performing reconciliation for confirming a storage amount of money in the first storage unit by the recognition unit's recognizing money in the first storage unit, discharged from the first storage unit and transported by the transport unit. The control unit performs the reconciliation when a deemed storage amount that is an amount of money deemed to be stored in the first storage unit satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Yang CHEN, Kazuhiro DOI, Kenichi TAGASHIRA
  • Patent number: 11887091
    Abstract: Provided is a money handling apparatus that can be easily introduced in a store. The money handling system includes: a money handling apparatus installed in a store and capable of executing basic functions including a checkout function; and a operation terminal connected to the money handling apparatus. When executing the checkout function, the money handling apparatus receives, through the operation terminal, an input of prices and quantities of items a customer purchases in the store, to calculate a transaction amount. The apparatus recognizes and counts money, which is deposited through an inlet for paying the transaction amount, to calculate a deposit amount of deposited money, and stores the deposited money inside the money handling apparatus. When the deposit amount exceeds the transaction amount, the money handling apparatus feeds out money corresponding to a difference therebetween, and dispenses the fed out money as change to an outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Tasuku Nakamoto, Ryuji Kataoka, Kazuhiro Doi
  • Publication number: 20230390616
    Abstract: An iron golf club head includes a main body and a hosel. A face and the hosel are made from the same material. The face includes a thin portion and a thick portion having a larger thickness than the thin portion in a face-to-back direction. The thin portion has a larger area than the thick portion. The thick portion is located centrally of a back face in a toe-to-heel direction, surrounded by the thin portion, and protrudes from the thin portion in the face-to-back direction. The face has a hardness of HV510 or more and HV600 or less. The hosel has a hardness of HV300 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Daisuke HOSOOKA, Kazuhiro DOI
  • Patent number: 11628338
    Abstract: An object is to provide an iron golf club head that has high drainage performance and facilitates application of backspin also in a wet state. In an iron golf club head including a plurality of scorelines in a face surface, a microgroove including at least an inclined groove is included between the scorelines, the microgroove extending in a heel leading edge-toe top edge direction to be connected to an upper scoreline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: MIZUNO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Doi, Kensuke Maenaka
  • Patent number: 11594093
    Abstract: Provided is a money processing system realizing easy movement of money between a plurality of money handling apparatuses. A money processing system including a plurality of money handling apparatuses further includes a management apparatus configured to detect a money handling apparatus that requires movement of money, and select, from among the plurality of money handling apparatuses, one or a plurality of money handling apparatuses to move the money between the detected money handling apparatus and the selected one or the plurality of handling apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventors: Yang Chen, Kazuhiro Doi, Kazutoshi Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20220230502
    Abstract: A money handling method, which is performed by an information processing apparatus in a money handling system including a plurality of money handling apparatuses and the information processing apparatus, includes: determining a denomination and quantity of money to be moved between the respective money handling apparatuses; performing a simulation, based on the determined denomination and quantity of money, money handling processes to be performed for moving the money between the plurality of apparatuses; performing a determination, based on a result of the simulation, whether or not all the money can be moved between the respective apparatuses; and notifying a result of the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi TAGASHIRA, Kazuhiro DOI, Atsushi YUKAWA, Ryuji KATAOKA
  • Patent number: 11393273
    Abstract: A money handling apparatus for performing at least depositing includes: a casing; a depositing unit; a recognition unit configured to at least count or recognize money fed from the depositing unit; an inner storage unit from which the money stored therein is unremovable directly from the outside of the casing; an outer stacking unit from which the money stacked therein is removable directly from the outside of the casing; a transport unit configured to transport the money among the above-described units; and a controller configured to allow selective transport of the money handled by the recognition unit to the inner storage unit, or the outer stacking unit. The controller transfers the money to the inner storage unit when a first deposit mode is selected by a selection signal, or transfers the money to the outer stacking unit when a second deposit mode is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Doi
  • Publication number: 20210383634
    Abstract: A money handling apparatus includes a receptacle that receives money; a plurality of storage units; a collection unit; and control circuitry. Each storage unit stores the money and feeds out the stored money. The collection unit stores money in a container, the container being detachably mounted to the collection unit. The control circuitry is configured to control storage of collection target money, which is to be collected and removed from the money handling apparatus, in the container and at least one storage unit of the plurality of storage units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru KOBAYASHI, Yang CHEN, Kazuhiro DOI
  • Publication number: 20210327197
    Abstract: A sheet handling apparatus comprises a transport path for transporting sheets, each sheet including individually assigned identification information; a storage that receives and stores the sheets; a feeder that feeds out the sheets stored in the storage to the transport path; and control circuitry configured to: store the identification information of the sheets in a memory; control the feeder to feed out, from the storage, one or more of the sheets in a case that necessity of checking an inventory amount of the sheets in the storage arises; control transport of the one or more sheets to the recognition circuitry and out of the discharge port; and determine an abnormality in the inventory amount of the sheets in the storage based on a comparison of the identification information of each of the one or more sheets with the identification information stored in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Yang CHEN, Kazuhiro DOI, Satoru KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210299524
    Abstract: An object is to provide an iron golf club head that has high drainage performance and facilitates application of backspin also in a wet state. In an iron golf club head including a plurality of scorelines in a face surface, a microgroove including at least an inclined groove is included between the scorelines, the microgroove extending in a heel leading edge-toe top edge direction to be connected to an upper scoreline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Doi, Kensuke Maenaka
  • Patent number: 11007411
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing an iron golf club head by forging a single round rod member with a pair of dies to form, as a single piece, a body and a neck into which a shaft is to be inserted. The method includes: a first step of heating the single round rod member into a heated material; a second step of placing the heated material in the pair of dies; and a third step of forging the heated material placed in the pair of dies. In the third step, the heated material is prevented from flowing out from parting surfaces of the respective dies at a sole side of the body in the pair of dies, and the heated material blocked at the sole side in the pair of dies flows toward each of a toe of the body and the neck in the pair of dies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignees: Mizuno Corporation, Chuo Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Doi, Tetsuya Kanayama, Jun Yoshikawa